A new guide by FAO aims to help ensure anti-child labour measures are included in agricultural and rural development programmes, in particular those targeting family farmers. Programs intended to boost
Non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental disorders, and injuries have become the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Pakistan.
Certain drug resistant strains of cholera and typhoid causing bacteria have emerged in Faridabad, leading to a sharp increase in water-borne diseases in the last three months. According to a
About half of the patients requiring blood transfusion in Haryana are administered untested blood leading to a sharp increase in the incidence of AIDS and hepatitis-B infections, it is learnt.
Healthcare activists on Thursday cautioned general public against risks of unsafe injections, which might lead to dangerous blood-borne infections such as HIV, Hepatitis B and C as well as abscesses
NIOH : Too much exposure to air pollution causes high lead deposition in blood reducing levels of intelligence quotient (IQ) in children, says National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH)
The International Conference on Lead Poisoning Prevention and Treatment here asserted that lead poisoning was the second most dreaded hazard after AIDS and its effects on the brain irreversible.
Smokers will soon feel the effect of the new $206 billion tobacco settlement deal, as leading cigarette makers have announced that they are raising wholesale prices by the largest amount in history.
Insertion of a single gene into several different tumors enabled mice to reject them all, leading scientists at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), to hope that the gene might
Asbestos companies have decided to aggressively counter the propaganda that their products lead to asbestosis, a lung ailment and other diseases caused by prolonged exposure to fibrous material and
The call by National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India (NRCLPI) to establish blood lead screening and treatment facilities at the district level, as also a state level referral centre for
The latest list compiled by the Karnataka State on the number of ultrasound clinics shows Bangalore leading the district-wise break-up, followed by Belgaum. Out of a total of 1,475 machines
Being an Indian and below 5 years of age is a rather dangerous prospect right now. The odds seem to be piling up against Indian toddlers — a recent Unicef report has claimed that 16.55 lakh below-5 kids die each year in the nation, leading the world in child mortality. According to the ‘Child Mortality Estimates Report 2012’, India’s under-five death toll is higher than the deaths in Nigeria, Congo and Pakistan put together. The killer diseases may be many — pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria figure as the top causes of death; but it all boils down to the nutrition of the mothers during pregnancy, and that given to the baby, say experts here.
The Delhi Metro (DM) is a mass rapid transit system serving the National Capital Region of India. It is also the world’s first rail project to earn carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanism
<p>This study was conducted to determine the concentration of heavy metals Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As) and Copper (Cu) in ten vegetables. The purpose of this study was to study the Heavy metal
Panipat refinery of Indian Oil has been certified with occupational health and safety management system series (OHSAS -18001) by leading certifying body M/S Det Norske Veritas(DNV), the
A panel has been set up to look into the problem of lead poisoning among villagers at Klity creek in Kanchanaburi, Thailand.Public Health Ministry spokeswoman Nitaya Mahaphol said the panel, chaired
Working shifts, partying all night, long-haul travel and just a general lack of sleep may lead to an increase risk of ulcers, British doctors said on
Top state attorneys general could soon hear whether two or more majore tobacco companies plan to follow Philip Morris Cos Inc's lead and pull cigarette ads out of magazines with high youth
Children of three industrial and its waste dump places of the city have been tremendously exposed to poisonous heavy metals like Lead (Pb) and Cadmium (Cd) and suffering from different degrees of
